HitachiWest Coastclasses assigned
THERollingStockLibrary hasassignedClasse8s05 and807to the newHitachi AT300train setsto be built for AvantiWestCoast.
Underan orderworth £350milliont,he Class805s will beforthe 13bi-mode five-carsetsdestinedto workLondonto Chester, Holyheador Shrewsbury, and numbered805001-013, whichwill have301seats. Thesewill replacethe Class 221'Voyagers'.
The1Oall-electricsevencartrainswill beClass807 and numbered807001-010.
Theywill have453seats and be usedon services to theWestMidlandsand LiverpoolT. hevehiclesare 26mlong,with asimilar capacityto the nine-car 'PendolinosT'.hesetswill be built at NewtonAycliffe, with the first entering servicein 2022.'Pendolinos' will get a full internal makeovesr otheyaresimilar to the newAT300s.